The Honorable Jeremy Ring
Dear Senator Ring ,
Used Tires.com Opposes Florida Senate Bill 1588 ,
Used Tires Inc is a Florida corporation engaged in the business of tire recycling and used tires sales wholesale.
The
Florida Senate has a proposed Bill 1588 that would regulate the sales
of used tires by retailers.Under the guise of consumer safety and
consumer protectionism this bill exempts the sale of used tires for
recapping. WHY? Because the New Tire makers are in the retreading
business and sell the rubber and make Retreads themselves. How can a
used tire be unsafe for ReUse as used tire but be safe as a casing for a
retreaded tire???
The EPA encourages the reuse of used tires. As
a tire recycler and seller of used tires we strongly oppose this bill
with the language it has in it.The legislature of Florida would do more
for the motoring public if it reinstated automobile inspections not the
sale at the retail level of a used tire.protecting the consumer and
motorist from dangers like failing brakes,unsafe front ends,broken
headlamps and signals and worn tires that should not be driven on the
Florida roadways.Floridas motor vehicle laws already address the tread
depth issue at 2/32 of a inch tires should be taken out of service.
Maybe this committee should look at the mileage warranties given and
promised by the new tire makers. A new tire with 11/32 or 12/32 of an
inch of tread depth when new should not have to come out of service at
5/32 or 4/32 or even 3/32's of an inch or it would imply the
manufacturers original warranty is false and misleading..
The
used tire industry has seen this shenanigans before always behind it
are Goodyear,Bridgestone/Firestone,Pirelli North america and sometimes
Michelin. They have probably broken Us laws including the Foreign
Corrupt Practices act. We conclude it was no coincidence the Minister of
Fomento in Venezuela the equivalant of our Commerce Secretary was a
Firestone Tire Dealer .
They by virtue of their conspiring have probably and still are likely to be violating US ANTITRUST
laws such as the Sherman Act .
Senator, please oppose this poorly worded and unconstitutional Bill.
Sincerely,
Howard Levy
President
Used Tires inc.
Deerfield Beach Fl,33442
